Department of Public Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.
J Epidemiol. 2010;20(4):339-45. doi: 10.2188/jea.je20090127. Epub 2010 Jun 5.
The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with smoking among Japanese medical students, to help promote effective antismoking measures in this population.
From the 80 university medical schools in Japan, 20 were randomly selected and invited to participate in our survey. The survey focused on medical students and employed an anonymous self-administered questionnaire. Information on each university's antismoking measures was obtained using a separate questionnaire administered to teaching staff. The survey was conducted from December 2006 through March 2007. Factors associated with smoking were identified by using the chi-square test and multiple logistic regression analysis.
A total of 1619 valid surveys were returned. The overall prevalence of smoking was 13.7% (18.1% among men and 5.1% among women). Factors associated with smoking among medical students were male sex, enrollment at a private medical university, smoking by siblings, alcohol consumption, coffee consumption, insomnia, and less than 6 hours of sleep per night.
Antismoking education must be further promoted to Japanese medical students, with consideration given to the factors associated with smoking behavior found in the present study.
本研究旨在确定日本医学生吸烟的流行情况和相关因素,以帮助促进这一人群的有效控烟措施。
从日本的 80 所大学医学院中,随机选择了 20 所邀请参与我们的调查。该调查主要针对医学生,并采用匿名自填式问卷进行。通过向教职员工发放单独的问卷,获得了每所大学控烟措施的信息。调查于 2006 年 12 月至 2007 年 3 月进行。采用卡方检验和多因素逻辑回归分析确定与吸烟相关的因素。
共收到 1619 份有效问卷。吸烟的总流行率为 13.7%(男性为 18.1%,女性为 5.1%)。医学生吸烟的相关因素包括男性、就读于私立医科大学、兄弟姐妹吸烟、饮酒、喝咖啡、失眠和每晚睡眠时间少于 6 小时。
必须进一步向日本医学生开展控烟教育,同时考虑到本研究中发现的与吸烟行为相关的因素。